Apartment fire on the city's North Side leaves mother and daughters homeless

The woman who's apartment was gutted by fire on the Northside of the city yesterday says she's been left with nothing but the clothes on her back. The fire destroyed Tracey Woods three-storey flat in the Bellview complex off the Old Youghal Road yesterday.. The blaze broke out after Tracey lit a small fire early in the morning in order to heat her apartment as it's her only source of heat and she left the fire unattended. The fire gutted the two upper floors of the building and Tracey and her three daughters have been left homeless and are currently staying in a B&B. Tracey told the Neil Prendeville Show that she only lit the fire to try and keep the cold at bay Press PLAY button above to listen to the audio 

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